The Trump administration has proposed eliminating 15 percent of the Department of Veterans Affairs workforce.

Abby Vesoulis
June 6, 2025

"On Friday afternoon, thousands of veterans who fought wars on behalf of the United States descended on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to fight something else: cuts proposed by the Trump administration.

Since his inauguration in January, President Donald Trump has moved to slash and burn the federal workforce—and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is no exception. Already, the sprawling agency serving America’s 16 million military veterans has fired 2,400 probationary workers and proposed eliminating an additional 15 percent of its workforce—about 80,000 people.">

  • FlexibleToastEnglish
    16·
    8 months ago

    As a veteran I can’t understand that they did. We swore to defend the constitution and then they vote for someone who incited an insurrection.

      • FlexibleToastEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        Yes, exactly. And if anyone should have known better, it should have been us veterans.